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One Planet SuttonRetrofitting sustainable living in the suburbs
Tom Chance
Researcher to the Director, BioRegional
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• The context and one planet living
• Getting the most out of new housing
• Beyond insulation – zero carbon retrofits
Introducing BioRegional
Our vision
BioRegional's vision is of thriving regional economies where we meet more of our needs from local, renewable and waste resources, enabling people to enjoy a high quality of life within their fair share of the earth's resources.
The context – towards one planet living
The UK’s average ecological footprint
Total footprint = 5.45 Gha per person (REAP)
The UK’s carbon dioxide emissions
Total CO2 emissions = 11.87 tonnes per person (REAP)
We’re on track for 7 degrees of warming
Our aim – One Planet Living
BedZED – sustainable living in Sutton
Solutions – the way it's built
Solutions – BedZED helps you
Solutions – some things are done together
One Planet Living framework
Exemplary One Planet Living demonstrations
One Planet Sutton
One Planet Living at BedZED?
Average = 2.6 planetsKeen = 1.7 planets
One planet living at BedZED?
• When residents leave BedZED they're in the 3 planet world
• At this scale we can only tackle 2/3rds of our footprint
New property developments
Infrastructure and services to enable and unlock behaviour change
Housing construction and maintenance
• Less infrastructure
• Low-impact materials and techniques
Home energy
• Energy efficiency (be lean)
• Behaviour (be green)– Energy use information (smart meters)
• Renewable supply (be clean)
Transport
• Filtered permeability makes low-carbon travel the default mode
• Car clubs, bicycle clubs, public transport etc. enable people to make modal shifts
Food
• Social and environmentally complex
• Land with “tool libraries” can help to rebuild communities
Consumer goods
• Aim: a culture of quality, and leisure activities that are sociable and healthy (not shopping)
• Make open spaces and community facilities more pervasive and attractive than shops
Government and business
• Responsible for 25% of our emissions
• Sutton Council and wider public sector can lead the way, creating conditions for residents, businesses and CSOs to follow
Two very different opportunities
• Station site – small
• Felnex site – medium, adjacent to school & business units
Mixing the new with the old
• Adjacent to:– BedZED– Church– Community
centre– Housing– Landfill
Beyond insulation – zero carbon retrofits
The Great British Refurb
The action plan challenge
• 80,000 homes in the Borough
• 185,900 residents
• “No London Borough is an island” - John Donne
Zero carbon retrofit in Sutton
• 5,047 homes/year from 2010 to 2025
• Payback = 20 years
• Integrated approach for 1 visit / household
Making it happen - finance
• Finance mechanisms:– ESCO/MUSCO with bill surcharge– Energy bills charge through third party– Council tax surcharge– Equity release– Subsidies
Making it happen - delivery
• Delivery mechanisms:– Targeted marketing campaign– Estate agents– Social housing stock maintenance– Street by street
Making it happen -skills and jobs
• Training– Efficiency & micro-generation techniques– Spotting opportunities for incidental
measures
• Accreditation
• Co-ordination to reach all homes
The stakeholder challenge
• Local authority• Greater Lond0n Authority, Transport for London,
etc.• Government Office for London, Defra, CLG, BERR• Schools, hospitals, libraries, other municipal
facilities• Local businesses (high proportion of SMEs)• Voluntary sector organisations• Unaffiliated residents and workers
Transforming Sutton together
• Council-led action plan
• Empowering business, resident and voluntary communities
• Establish new companies, training courses, etc.
Council-led action
• Action planning – entirely new
• Delivery – through existing work plans and local strategic partnerships
• Monitoring – EMAS, MORI polls
Community empowerment
• Simply impossible to directly reach every resident, business and voluntary group
• Empowering key community groups:– Sutton Federation of Residents & Tenants
Associations– Sutton Centre for the Voluntary Sector &
Volunteer Centre– Sutton Chamber of Commerce– Carshalton College & school network
Kick-starting new companies
• Businesses and social enterprises are long-term sustainable delivery mechanisms
• ESCO / MUSCO for energy services
• Local food network for schools & hospitals
A green new deal for Sutton
One Planet SuttonRetrofitting sustainable living in the suburbs
Over to you!